Popular, Media, and Visual Culture

Catalog description

In this course, we will critically investigate personal, national, and global identities. Personal and communal narratives surrounding popular, media, and visual culture (PMVC) define and construct meaning in our everyday lives. PMVC is investigated as a site through which social and cultural definitions, norms and values, and expectations are reinforced, constructed as well as challenged. The goals for this course are to develop students’ skills in critical thinking that revolve around artwork, writing, reading, and oral expression and foster an understanding of the pluralistic nature of institutions, society, and culture(s) of the United States and beyond. PA-3A.